Quiz 9

Question 1

Which statement is the best characteerization of the forgetting cuves in Kopelman (1985)?

Answer 1

Information was forgotten at the same rate for all three groups

Question 2

Which statement is the best characterization of the findings of Baddeley et al. (1986)?

Answer 2

People with dementia showed more difficulty with a concurrent task than the other groups

Question 3

Which process explains why retrograde amnesia is temporally graded?

Answer 3

Consolidation

Question 4

Which piece of evidence suggests that anterograde amnesia is caused by problems with consolidation?

Answer 4

The lack of a primacy effect
(K.J.)

Question 5

Josh has been unable to make new memories since he had a brain surgery, but his other cognitive functions are unaffected. Ben’s memory has been failing over time, and he is also beginning to show deficits in other cognitive functions. Josh probably has ____, while Ben most likely has ____.

Answer 5

Amnesia; dementia

Question 6

Paul cannot remmeber events that happened before he was in a car accident. Kate cannot remember events that happened after she had viral encephalitis. Paul has ____ amnesia, and Kate has ____ amnesia

Answer 6

Retrograde; Anterograde

Question 7

What results would you expect when training a group of amnesic patients on a serial reaction time task?

Answer 7

All of the following:
- They will have faster reaction times to repeated sequences
- They will not make anticipatory responses based on their explicit memory
- They will not remember portions of sequences

Question 8

*Consult in office hour
You compare a group of people with amnesia to a group of typical controls on a variety of cognitive tasks. Which task do you expect to show the largest difference between groups?

Answer 8

My current guess: recalling a list of previously-studied words

Question 9

Deb has retrograde amnesia. Which memory is most likely affected?

Answer 9

Memories of her elementary school from 15 years ago before she became sick

Question 10

You teach a mirror tracking task to amnesic patients and typical controls. What results would you expect?

Answer 10

Both A and B:
A: The typical group will improve, and will remember learning the task
B: The amnesic group will improve, but will not remember learning the task